Hi,
Im trying to compile KDE 4.3.1 from source on mdv 2008.1. I read the website and installed all of the devel files recommended except lib-gift devel which i couldnt find. Is that a problem? On the talk page on techbase, i read a post which said that the user had been able to compile kdelibs without it and that it was "useless anyway".
I read the package README and it tells me that ive to install kdelibs and kdebase at a minimum..
In confused with something.. Once ve done both, will a KDE4 entry come automatically to my kde3.5 session manager?
Regards
Soumen

Which KDEModule are you trying to build? If you are trying to build the entire of KDE, start with installing qt4-devel at the minimum. The kdesvn-build script can assist with the remainder, and will build KDE in the correct order.

Hello,
That will be difficult because i got the sources from a friend and i dont have the spped required to download the kde sources here which will need to be done if the build script is used.
If i install the source modules i got (all of them from kde.org/download), will the menu entry appear on its own? also is libgift essential for compilation?
Regards
Soumen

Which modules have you downloaded?

The build order is: KDESupport -> KDELibs -> KDEPIMLibs -> KDEBase -> everything else

I have all of those except kde support. I didnt fing it in the download area i mentioned above. Where do i get it? Is libgift required?

You can either upgrade to 2009.1 and get KDE4.3.x from Helio's unofficial repo: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/4.3.1/Mandriva/README

Or wait till 2010.0 is released http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Deve ... d_delivery
it's scheduled for release on the 3rd of next November, which will include kde4.3.2.

Unless of course you want to learn how to package kde4 yourself.

KDESupport is also stored in KDE SVN, but outside the trunk/KDE tree, so is not available as a tarball.